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April 4, 2016

South Indian Sambhar in andhra style

Sambhar is the most popular south indian side dish for rice or idli/dosa/vada. There are many variations in sambhar making, I usually make this Sambhar either with Drumstick,carrot,onion,tomato combination (Or) bottlegourd,drumstick,onion,tomato combination.The taste is always delicious, the choice of vegetables is always based on personal liking and are optional. Each vegetable that we used in sambhar gives a different flavour and taste to the dish. The main tastemaker in this sambhar is Sambhar powder we use. You can use freshly made sambhar powder or you can use MTR madras special sambhar powder. But my mom usually make this sambhar with freshly grounded sambhar powder. Sambhar is an excellent side dish with hot steamed rice /idli/dosha/ vada especially in rainy or winter seasons.Having Sambhar with hot steamed rice,ghee and papads gives you divine feeling!!! Let us learn how to make Sambhar in andhra style :)

Method :1. Wash Tur dal/Kandipappu 2 times and pressure cook with 2 cups of water for 4 whistles.Dal should be soft and smooth. You can cook the dal in pot too, but cooking in pressure cooker will be little bit easy.2. While dal cooks,you can prepare sambhar powder. Heat a pan, add coriander seeds first,roast it for few seconds till they smell good, then fry chana dal and urad dal till golden colour, then add dry coconut pieces,methi seeds, cumin seeds,fenugreek seeds,kalee mirch seeds fry them few seconds till they begin to smell good.Let it cool down and make a fine powder in a dry mixie jar.3. Soak Tamarind in a bowl.4. Wash and cut all the vegetables.5. Heat 1 table spoon oil in a pan, add onions, saute them few seconds, then add drumstick,carrot and finally tomato. Saute it few seconds till the vegetables become transculent.6. Add tamarind pulp to the veggies, then add salt, sambhar powder,jaggery powder few curry leaves,and a cup of water make it boil till the vegetables are cooked and the raw smell of sambhar powder is gone.7. When the pressure goes off, mash the dal to smooth.8. Add mashed smooth dal to vegetables cooked, add a cup of water, bring it to boil.Check the taste, add more if needed anything. Add chopped coriander leaves and stir. Cook for few minuites.9. Meanwhile heat another pan with 2 spoons of ghee, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds,when they starts sizzling,add 1 broken red chilli, curry leaves,when the curry leaves turn crispy, add asafoetida/hing / inguva, switch off the flame.10. Pour this seasoning over sambhar. Stirr well and make it cook for few more minutes till the sambhar becomes flavourful!Yummylicious SAMBHAR is ready now!!!11. Serve it hot with hot steamed rice, ghee with papads!! I made potato fry, chintakaya thokku, papads, potato papads along with sambhar.

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Hi everyone !! My name is Nagasri. I am from Andhra but staying in Hyderabad, Telangana. I love both andhra and telangana foods. I love Cooking and eating too :). I like to experiment different recipes.Have a look at my blog,try and enjoy!!! Don't forget to leave your valuable feedback at my blog. Other than cooking I love listening to music. Here I am sharing my experiences and experiments in cooking !!